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Like Comcast, Google Fiber Now Forces Customers Into Arbitration
by Zenaan Harkness 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

So, the endless anarchic public discussion on the benefits of private contracts has put down roots, starts to shoot, and our brave new world with such benefits begins. Wonderful to see how well educated humans do seize the day to bring forth some sanity to this world of corporate greed and selfishness. I have to add though - sheep deserve to be shorn. How can they ever learn any lessons if there were never any opposition to their self indulgent ataraxia. ----- Forwarded message from Slashdot Headlines <slashdot(a)newsletters.slashdot.org> ----- Like Comcast, Google Fiber Now Forces Customers Into Arbitration http://clicks.slashdot.org/ct.html?ufl=3&rtr=on&s=x8pb08,2khay,10sc,9bih,8w… Like Comcast, Google Fiber Now Forces Customers Into Arbitration http://clicks.slashdot.org/ct.html?ufl=3&rtr=on&s=x8pb08,2khay,10sc,kujb,7w… >From the cover-your-arse department An anonymous reader writes: In Google Fiber's updated terms, the company now says they "require the use of binding arbitration to resolve disputes rather than jury trials or class actions." Ars Technica reports: "While the clause allows cases in... Read More http://clicks.slashdot.org/ct.html?ufl=3&rtr=on&s=x8pb08,2khay,10sc,669l,fb…

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good news
by Jens.Stomber＠gmx.de 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Hello, Here is a good news from our mutual friend, just read it here <http://lavibare.safestepstool.org/aectn> Cheers, Jens.Stomber(a)gmx.de

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Interesting Ethereum Dustup
by jim bell 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-06-17/blockchain-company-s-smar… Partial quote: Blockchain Company's Smart Contracts Were Dumb 2 JUNE 17, 2016 5:46 PM EDT By Matt Levine There's a fairly incredible trial going on in London right now. The Libyan Investment Authority is suing Goldman Sachs over some trades that they did together. To oversimplify slightly, the LIA handed Goldman a pile of money and signed some complicated contracts describing the circumstances in which Goldman would have to give LIA money back, and how much. And then everyone closed their eyes and counted to 10, and when they opened their eyes, poof, the money was gone. It was $1.2 billion. Libya is mad, and suing. The LIA has various arguments in its lawsuit, but none of them amount to "Goldman owes us money under those contracts." The contracts specified a set of functions that took inputs (mostly, the prices of some bank stocks) and produced as outputs a set of dollar amounts that Goldman was supposed to pay Libya. The specifications in the contracts are perfectly clear; there's no dispute about how to read the contracts, or about how the functions work. Everyone agrees that the total dollar amount produced by the functions is zero. Instead, Libya's arguments take the form of: We didn't really mean what those contracts said. We didn't understand them. We were bamboozled into signing them, overwhelmed by a "swarm" of Goldman bankers, seduced -- literally -- by the bankers' offerings ofinternships and aftershaves and prostitutes. We were unsophisticated, we trusted Goldman to look out for our best interests, we thought the functions were something other than what they turned out to be. Whatever you think about those arguments -- my own views are complicated -- they are definitely the kinds of arguments that are, like, allowed in court. The contracts specifying the functions are important. Ninety-nine-point-whatever percent of the time, derivatives contracts just work: I pay you a premium for a call option, and you promise to pay me if it ends up in the money, and if it does, you do, and if it doesn't, I shrug and walk away. We knew what we were getting into, and we got out of it what we expected. But every so often, people don't know what they're getting into, or what they get out of it isn't what either side reasonably expected. And when that happens, they go to court and argue about it. Usually one side did well out of the deal, and argues that everything's fine and everyone got what they expected; the other side did poorly, and argues that something fundamentally unfair happened and the deal should be altered. [end of portion quoted]

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American Ambassador to Russia in Moscow, Michael McFaul, gives a lesson to Russian students
by Zenaan Harkness 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/michael-mcfaul-reason-i-tell-people-i… At least this Michael McFaul fellow demonstrates why he was appointed America's US Ambassador to Russia in Moscow (besides imparting some key points about America of course, at least from the American perspective, which is of course good for children to comprehend - to be able to view another's perspective).

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(no subject)
by Ryan Carboni 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

https://twitter.com/YourAnonCentral/status/743498759892406272

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How Russia is preparing for WWIII
by Zenaan Harkness 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

The Saker May 28, 2016, 3:25 pm How Russia is preparing for WWIII http://theduran.com/russia-preparing-ww3/ I find the Saker an unusually enjoyable read generally, and this submission to theduran.com is no exception. Enjoy..

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Turning optical fiber cable into microphone
by This 1s 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Looking for stuff I found this post: http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2012/09/04/turning-a-fiber-optic-cable-int… Is internet cable in house a hot mic? Is it the end of the fiber, the field around the cable, or both? Thanks in advance :D

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Snowden on VICE/HBO 'State of Surveillance'
by grarpamp 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucRWyGKBVzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhPV58YV_Kk When NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked details of massive government surveillance programs in 2013, he ignited a raging debate over digital privacy and security. That debate came to a head this year, when Apple refused an FBI court order to access the iPhone of alleged San Bernardino Terrorist Syed Farook. Meanwhile, journalists and activists are under increasing attack from foreign agents. To find out the government's real capabilities, and whether any of us can truly protect our sensitive information, VICE founder Shane Smith heads to Moscow to meet the man who started the conversation, Edward Snowden.

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Physical Key Extraction Attacks on PCs
by Zenaan Harkness 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Fwd: Subject: [ PFIR ] Physical Key Extraction Attacks on PCs Physical Key Extraction Attacks on PCs http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2016/6/202646-physical-key-extraction-attacks… Our research thus focuses on two main questions: Can physical side-channel attacks be used to nonintrusively extract secret keys from PCs, despite their complexity and operating speed? And what is the cost of such attacks in time, equipment, expertise, and physical access? Results. We have identified multiple side channels for mounting physical key-extraction attacks on PCs, applicable in various scenarios and offering various trade-offs among attack range, speed, and equipment cost. The following sections explore our findings, as published in several recent articles.

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The Memory Hole 2
by grarpamp 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

http://thememoryhole2.org/ Back for round 2.

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